Details will be given next month of how to apply for tickets by phone or internet.

At Windsor Horse Show in May, there will be an equestrian event featuring 1,000 horses between 16-18 May.

The grand finale will recreate the Coronation procession, featuring the Gold State Coach pulled by eight grey horses on a track with tickets for evening shows ranging from £30 to £75.

Party invite

Meanwhile any Briton born on 6 February 1952 will be invited to join the Queen for special Golden Jubilee garden parties.

More than 3000 people born on that day will be invited to parties either at Buckingham Palace on 9 July or Holyroodhouse Palace, Edinburgh, on 25 May.

But must send copies of their birth certificates to local Lord Lieutenants' offices to qualify for two tickets to include a guest aged 18 and over.

People born overseas on this date who are now living in the UK as British citizens will qualify.

Unallocated tickets will be distributed to those who have benefited the community.

The Sunday Times said Mr Blair was poised to intervene because the government would be embarrassed if the public events it organises prove inferior to free pop and classical concerts to be held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace in June.

The Queen's nationwide tour will start in Cornwall, take in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester and finish in Lancashire.

The Palace is getting 140 inquiries a day for the street party "toolkit", and 100 daily general inquiries are being made to the Jubilee office lines.